SPAC Stock Ideas for Friday (and Beware the SPAC Short Sellers)
It may not feel like it, but the SPAC market may be on track to become healthier than ever. It s yield + optionality for the win. But, be careful as the field hasn t cleared yet and short sellers will make life hard for the SPACs and investors who buy into overly hyped financials and technology.
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Yesterday s SPAC deal announcements were met with a tepid response by the market.
D8 (DEH) was only up 0.9% to $10.07 on news of its deal to merge with Vicarious Surgical and
Consonance-HFW Acquisition Corp (CHFW)
SPAC Weekly: Altimeter Grabs the Spotlight. SPAC Scrutiny Heightens, but Market is Getting Healthier
Altimeter Growth Corp struck the largest SPAC merger ever agreeing to take Grab public in a $40B deal. Elsewhere the SEC continued to show its focus on SPACs and short sellers begin to emerge.
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Apr 16, 2021
It was a quiet week on the new issue front as no new SPAC IPOs priced this week, the first such week with no new supply in a quite a while. New S-1s were also slow as only 3 new SPACs filed (for a total of $350M) in another sign that the market is heading back towards normalcy. However, it was a bit of a return to more normal M&A activity as 5 new deals announced, including the largest deal ever with Altimeter Growth Merging with Grab.
Thursday s SPAC Opportunities: Is SPAC + Crypto Next? Another Good Deal Pop Shows a Healthier SPAC Market
It may start to feel boring for investors, but the SPAC market is getting healthy and that continues to provide opportunities for patient yield + optionality plays. BCTG had a good deal pop of almost 8%. VIH / Bakkt took a big hit (-12%) following the Coinbase IPO.
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BCTG Acquisition Corp (BCTG) taking
Tango Therapeutics public in a $350M deal and then a rare late afternoon announcement from
Roth CH Acquisition II (ROCC) who is taking music company
Reservoir public in a $788M deal.
BCTG was well received popping 7.94% through the close and up another 1.65% in after hours trading.
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The SEC is zeroing in on SPACS. Altimeter (AGC) is taking Grab public in a record breaking $40b dollar SPAC merger. SPACs with announced deals took it on the chin yesterday.